bret: michael emanuel, thanks. fema administrator brock long s stepping down months after an investigation found he misused government vehicles to travel to his home in north carolina. long agreed to reimburse the government. he says in a letter to the agency employees, he is resigning to spend more time with his family. several democratic senators urging president trump to insist china addressed the issues of technology and intellectual property theft in any new trade deal. u.s. negotiators in beijing this week to discuss a trade pact to avert increase on u.s. tariffs for chinese goods scheduled for march 2nd. today president trump said those talks are going very well. stocks were up on that news. the dow gained 117.5 and s&p 500 finished eighth, the nasdaq up to six. the markets have not been adversely affected this week by news the national debt has surpassed the $22 trillion mark.